Historical Software Updates
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9/30/2005
Documentation- Updated ALGOR User's Guide
FEMPRO - Added support for 3-D motion controllers from 3Dconnexion including the SpaceBall and SpaceMouse
- Added customizable mouse actions
- Added ability to match CAD mouse actions
- Added ability to select neighboring objects
- Added ability to zoom while snapping
- Added ability to create fillets between beams
- Added ability to import 3-D DXF files
- Improved robustness of 2-D DXF import
- Improved ease of use and robustness of sketching
- Improved ability to define beam end releases
- Improved meshing capabilities by adding part mesh matching
Superview IV Results Environment - Added isosurface display of results
- Added contour plots for shell thickness
- Added colored, 3-D streamlines and particle tracking with size control
- Added factor of safety contour displays for beam elements
- Added ability to specify default display settings for new models
- Added ability to show node numbers for minimum and maximum values
- Added export capability to VRML
6/30/2005
FEMPRO- Added ability to merge beam and 3-D CAD models
- Added ability to delete parts
- Added ability to inquire on coordinates and length of lines in sketch mode
- Added ability to filter on line size, surface and part
- Improved ease of use and robustness of sketching
Report Wizard and Environment - Improved overall ease of use and robustness of report generation including additional weight and center of gravity reporting and right-click save of report images
Solid Modeling and Collaboration - Updated to Alibre Design Basic 8.2
Superview IV Results Environment - Added stand-alone animation player
- Added factor of safety for Mechanical Event Simulation
- Improved display of impact and slice planes
- Improved ease of use and robustness
6/14/2005
FEMPRO- Introduced new internationalized version with the ability to view graphical user interface and user documentation in Chinese (simplified), English, French, German, Italian and Spanish based on the current system regional settings
- Improved overall ease-of-use of the archival process based on customer feedback
Report Wizard and Environment - Improved overall ease-of-use based on customer feedback
4/1/2005
Documentation- Streamlined electronic user's guide to provide improved ability to find help
FEMPRO - Streamlined startup with improved launch screen and dialogs
- Added ability to copy lines into sketches
- Added ability to intersect and trim line elements
- Added ability to maintain boundaries between parts
- Added ability to filter lines based on length
- Added tree support for surface-based loads
- Added tree support for body loads
- Added ability to define body temperatures
- Added ability to define initial temperatures with element data
- Added ruler to display scale when viewing models
- Improved speed of Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing functionality
- Improved support for large models
Report Wizard and Environment - Improved overall ease-of-use based on customer feedback
Superview IV Results Environment - Added AISC (ASD 1989) code checking
- Added capability to view graphs in same window as contours
- Added ability to save probes and Min/Max annotations
- Added ruler to display scale when viewing models
- Improved overall ease-of-use and robustness based on customer feedback
- Improved support for large models
Weight, Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia Utility - Added support for nonlinear beam elements
- Added support for pulley elements
- Added support for nonlinear shell elements including composites
- Improved robustness based on customer feedback
12/22/2004
Documentation
- Added API information for reading ALGOR results and using the automatic 3-D meshing tools
FEMPRO
- Introduced API for reading ALGOR results
- Added automatic updating of structured meshes when parameters change
- Improved Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing functionality
- Improved support for determining rubber material data with the curve-fitting utility
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added particle tracking for fluid flow analysis
- Added diagnostic displays to help locate areas of an MES model leading to convergence difficulty
- Added ability to display sliced models using transparency
- Improved performance of slice planes by automatically capping element faces
- Improved ability to save and delete presentations
Weight, Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia Utility
- Improved robustness and reporting of calculated results
12/3/2004
CAD Support (Direct)
- Added direct CAD/CAE data exchange and full associativity with each design change for Alibre Design 8.0
- Added ability to display models using the part colors defined in Alibre Design 8.0
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Added ability to directly import Rhinoceros model files
- Improved ability to work with sketches
- Improved smoothness of sketch curves
- Improved display and dynamic viewing of models containing partial spherical surfaces
11/9/2004
FEMPRO
- Improved Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing functionality
- Added ability to define off-axis sketch planes
- Added ability to export rubber material data from the curve-fitting utility
10/20/2004
Material Library Manager
- Added over 50 new materials (metals and plastics) provided by MatWeb to the built-in library
9/30/2004
FEMPRO
- Introduced all-new, centralized ALGOR file format to speed up the saving and accessing of model data
- Added Superdraw sketching and modeling functionality for 3-D design and analysis
- Includes CAD-like tools for constructing and modifying geometry including point move, split, intersect, fillet, trim, extend, rotate, scale, move, mirror and parallel offset
- Added all-new Superdraw 2-D and 3-D structured meshing tools
- Includes tools for 3-point triangular, 4-point rectangular, 8-point 3-D, between two objects and 4-object 3-D meshing
- Added multiple undo and redo support for Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing tools
- Added extensive suite of tools for inquiring on model geometry
- Improved robustness of automatic solid meshing
- Improved support for determining rubber material data with the curve-fitting utility
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Added an API to automate and customize repetitive operations
- Added associative feature and history-based Boolean operations for creating mold cavities, tools and dies
- Added ability to create free-form 3-D curves for use in a variety of modeling operations including the creation and routing of piping or cables
- Added ability for modeling operations to use imported free-form surfaces from applications such as Rhinoceros when creating complex solid models
- Added ability to easily create polygons with any number of sides
- Added context-sensitive selection filtering for commands that require certain objects
- Improved 2-D sketching tools
- Improved sweep operations for more efficient modeling and creation of the more complex geometry used in conceptual or consumer-product design
- Improved loft operations for increased precision when modeling complex geometry
- Improved management of assembly constraints
- Improved selection tools for commands that require multiple objects
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added streamlines for fluid flow analysis
9/2/2004
CAD Support (Direct)
- Improved direct CAD/CAE data exchange with Alibre Design 8.0
7/30/2004
FEMPRO
- Added ability for add-ins to use toolbars and icons
- Improved Superdraw modeling functionality for 2-D design and analysis
- Improved support for determining rubber material data with the curve-fitting utility
Material Library Manager
- Added over 100 new materials provided by MatWeb to the built-in library
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added support for user-defined result types
- Improved realistic beam visualization based on AISC or user-defined section properties
- Improved default display of result contours for models including kinematic elements
- Improved ability to select multiple nodes
7/7/2004
2-D Mesh Engine
- Added ability to easily create an automatic, unstructured 2-D mesh from Superdraw sketches through a right-click menu option
FEMPRO
- Added all-new Superdraw modeling functionality for 2-D design and analysis
- Includes 2-D sketching tools that enable engineers to draw points, lines, rectangles, arcs, circles and splines
- Includes modeling tools to modify sketch objects with commands including copy, divide, fillet, intersect, rotate, mirror, move, parallel, trim/extend and delete
- Includes modeling tools to create construction and tangent lines
- Added support for defining contact pairs for 2-D assemblies
- Added capability to input equations into the FEA Editor data input screens using the +, -, *, /, ^, ( and ) operators
- Added ability to minimize the application during an analysis
- Improved ability to define beam element data using AISC section properties
- Improved support for the transfer of temperatures from a heat transfer analysis to a structural analysis
- Improved support for determining rubber material data with the curve-fitting utility
Material Library Manager
- Added over 75 new materials to the built-in library
- Added capability to exchange material data with third-party material libraries through XML
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added strain energy contours for static stress analysis with linear material models
- Added factor of safety contours based on user-defined criteria and stress allowable values for static stress analysis with linear material models
- Added realistic beam visualization based on AISC or user-defined section properties
- Added realistic plate visualization
5/18/2004
Superdraw
- Improved ability to save the model and all related FEA data to another filename
4/13/2004
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added ability to define graphs based on the addition/subtraction of results
- Added ability to graph face-based results
- Added ability to display X- and Y-axis labels
- Improved support for calculating and graphing the derivative of results
3/30/2004
2-D Mesh Engine
- Added ability for user-specified mesh sizes along edges
- Improved assembly meshing
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Added ability to specify unique mesh settings for each part in an assembly, including the mesh type for mixed-element-type meshes
- Improved, streamlined and integrated dialogs used to generate surface meshes, midplane meshes, solid meshes and mixed-element-type meshes
- Improved assembly meshing
FEMPRO
- Added context-sensitive help on all dialogs
- Improved and streamlined user interface for easier data entry
Monitor
- Introduced built-in, virtual instrumentation through an all-new Monitor for time-dependent result graphs
- Added ability to graph all available result types for all analysis types such as strains, maximum stress, heat flux and velocities
- Added support for results relative to local coordinate systems
- Added ability to display grid lines on graphs
Report Wizard and Environment
- Added automatic image generation of each result presentation for inclusion in reports
- Added ability to include mesh statistics in reports
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added annotations to highlight the location of minimum and maximum results
- Added ability to define result probes at desired locations
- Added ability to display the undisplaced model using transparency
- Added ability to display impact planes for Mechanical Event Simulation
- Added embedded animation player
- Added ability to specify the size of vector arrows
- Improved tools for selecting parts, elements, faces, loads and constraints
- Improved ability to sum reaction forces from a Mechanical Event Simulation analysis
2/6/2004
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Added Boolean operations for basic mold design
- Added an extrude-to-next option which supports additional solid modeling scenarios
- Added support for local file storage in standard Windows folders
- Added ability to save design workspaces as images, including BMP, JPG, GIF and other formats
- Added ability to specify the unit system when exporting IGES universal files
- Enhanced assembly modeling, including sub-assembly constraint articulation
- Expanded print options, including ability to print the current Work Area
- Improved error checking in equations, including recognition of inconsistent dimensions
12/17/2003
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Added ability to maintain small gaps between parts in an assembly through a user-specified, length-based tolerance
FEMPRO
- Introduced an all-new Add-In Manager to enable third-party application developers to offer extended software functionality directly in FEMPRO
License Management
- Added ability to transfer a license file to a different computer (re-hosting) at any time in the event of computer failure
Report Wizard and Environment
- Added support for nonlinear pipe elements
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added ability to combine the results from linear static and dynamic analyses
- Added ability to include the mini-axis in image files, animations and printouts
- Improved support for user-specified thresholds for result contour ranges
- Improved display of feature lines for hand-built models
Surface Mesh Engines
- Improved meshing of assemblies with small tolerances between parts
11/4/2003
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Improved surface verification to provide faster performance
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to identify where parts contact one another and unconnected parts
- Improved performance when displaying hand-built models
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added transparent display capabilities (translucency)
- Added ability to vary display of mesh and results on individual parts
- Improved support for generating animations of time-dependent analyses
- Improved ability to save presentations with a model
- Improved ability to import presentations from a model
Surface Mesh Engines
- Improved part matching for assemblies, particularly those including thin parts
- Improved surface meshing to better handle narrow surfaces, such as those on the edges of thin parts
9/18/2003
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Improved part matching for assemblies that include thin parts
CAD Support (Universal)
- Improved support for models in the ACIS file format
General
- Released new FEMPRO core package, a complete and easy-to-use finite element modeling, results evaluation and presentation interface
License Management
- Added FLEXlm license manager technology for local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) support and concurrent use, upgrade and purchasing flexibility for enterprise-wide licensing, networked license sharing and remote-use and single, node-locked licensing
- Added an automatic software update wizard which prompts the user to download an update when new versions of the software become available
Midplane Mesh Engine
- Enhanced midplane meshing to automatically handle parts, assemblies, multi-thickness regions and mixed element type models
- Added ability to automatically calculate the maximum thickness for a thin CAD part
Report Wizard and Environment
- Updated to a new look and streamlined format for HTML reports
- Improved ability to navigate reports using the tree view table of contents
- Improved reporting of beam cross-sectional properties
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Updated to Alibre Design Basic 6.0 SP2
- Added integrated tutorials available from the Home window
- Added display of thumbnail images in the repository
- Added support for 3Dconnexion devices
- Improved integration with Excel for spreadsheet-driven design
- Improved display of helical features with many revolutions
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added realistic visualization of spring elements for static stress with linear material models and linear dynamic analyses
- Added ability to display plastic strain result plots for MES that provide visualization once a part has yielded and experienced permanent deformation
- Added an annotation indicating the buckling load multiplier for linear critical buckling load analyses
- Added ability to display results on the top and bottom of plate elements
- Added ability to display principal direction vectors on plate elements
- Improved ability to quickly smooth result contours
- Improved ability to quickly display the displaced shape of structural models
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